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In the moonlight: Working a side hustle

In this blog, we discuss the legal considerations of moonlighting for employers and employees. In and of itself, moonlighting may be a perfectly acceptable practice. Employers beware: it can snowball into a legal problem quickly in some situations.

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Dial “D” for dismissal: Employee fired after “pocket-dial”

Most people have received (or sent) a “pocket-dial”, which is an unintentional cell phone call that is made by a phone when it is in a person’s pocket. In a recent decision from Alberta, an employee’s pocket-dial revealed that he was performing work for his own personal business on company time, leading to his dismissal for cause.

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Employer had just cause to terminate an employee who worked a second job

In some unfortunate cases, Canadians need to work two jobs in order to make ends meet. Well, it seems that sometimes taking a second job may not be a good idea. The British Columbia Provincial Court recently found that an employer could terminate an employee for just cause because that employee had a second job and refused to quit when she was asked.

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